A survey of drug resistance bla genes originating from synthetic plasmid vectors in six Chinese rivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13448-13454

  Chen, Jian ^a,b   Jin, Min ^b   Qiu, Zhi Gang ^b   Guo, Cong ^a   Chen, Zhao Li ^b   Shen, Zhi Qiang ^b   Wang, Xin Wei ^b   Li, Jun Wen ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE GENES; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBES; HAIHE RIVER; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; PLASMID METAGENOME; PLASMID VECTORS; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; RECOMBINANT DNA; RESISTANCE GENES; TRANSFORMANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; VECTORS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PLASMID VECTOR; SYNTHETIC PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RECOMBINATION; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC GENE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HAI RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84871276620     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302760s     Document Type: Article

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